From 1961 to 1989‚ the Berlin wall was an obstruction built so as to divide Berlin and cut off western Berlin from Eastern Berlin. It continued like this for almost 30 years until it opened in 1989 and started to be demolished in 1990. The wall included guard towers which were placed along large concrete walls‚ which surrounded a large area (which would later be known as the ‘death strip’). This area contained many other defences to prevent any passing through. The wall served a purpose to stop the
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To what extent did US intervention in 1941 change the nature of the conflict in the Sino-Japanese War of 1937-1945? Although US intervention contributed greatly to China’s eventual victory in the Sino-Japanese war‚ the situation in China and the nature of the conflict was not massively affected by the contribution‚ and in reality the intervention had little impact on the internal affairs and overall success of the second United Front. Both before and after US involvement tensions were never relieved
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To what extent did Witte’s Policies develop Russia? Sergei Witte was the Minister of Finance in Russia in from 1892 to 1903. He desperately wanted to bring Russia‚ metaphorically‚ ‘out of the dark ages’ by bringing it up to speed‚ so that it would eventually reach a level of modernisation where it could go head to head with the advanced countries further west. He believed Russia first needed to attain capital investment in the industrial sector‚ increase urban workers (Proletariat)‚ attract foreign
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To what extent was the NAACP responsible for the successes of the civil rights campaign? (1945-57) The NAACP was a major civil rights groups and had many successes‚ especially in the period 1945-57. They mainly did this through legal cases‚ supporting individuals and groups gain their rights‚ and supporting the use of economic means to beat segregation. On the other hand‚ it could be argued that there were many other bodies responsible for the successes of the civil rights movement‚ such as the
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“Whoever possesses Berlin Possesses Germany and whoever controls Germany controls Europe”‚ Carl Marx. World War II left Germany split in two. The East became a communist country and the West was a democratic nation. Berlin‚ the capital of Germany‚ was also split in two. Up until the Cold War‚ those from East and West Berlin could travel freely in. The mental barrier did not stop people from migrating from East Germany to West Germany. Therefore the East side of Germany wanted a physical barrier
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The Battle and Surrender of Berlin 3rd Squad United States Army Noncommissioned Officer Academy Advanced Leader Course Prior to the battle‚ Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin believed Berlin was one of the key terrain features of World War II. Stalin feared that the British would beat the Soviets to the city with UK Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery’s 21st Army Group that was advancing from Holland into Northern Germany. U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower believed that Hitler was fleeing south
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For what reasons‚ and to what extent‚ did the Potsdam Conference of July 1945 contribute to the development of the Cold War? The name “Cold War” is the name given to a series of events such as numerous international affairs and major crises that occurred after World War Two until the USSR dissolved in 1991‚ these events include the Cuban Missile Crisis and the rise and fall of the Berlin wall. However‚ before the Cold War happened‚ conferences were held between leaders of Britain‚ USA and the
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How did the Constitutional Convention of 1787 and the period immediately following it deal with the issue of the debate between those who supported a strong central government and those who wanted more power given to the states? The Philadelphia Convention was an assembly of the brightest minds of American politics in 1787. Emerging from it was the Constitution of the United States‚ which gave the national government more power‚ but kept them restrained through a system of checks and balances
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1. Continue the conventional bombings and blockade. Truman could have relied on the B-29 firebombing raids on Japan’s cities that could have combined with the naval blockade to wear down the Japanese resistance and force their surrender. Scholars that were critical of this approach pointed out that the bombing may have taken some time to force a surrender putting American pilots‚ troops and sailors at risk. Way more Japanese would have died using this option‚ than were killed in the two atomic
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Describe the features of Stresemann’s successes abroad the years 1924-29 (6 Marks) Perhaps the most important thing Stresemann did to help the Weimar republic‚ who at the time were in a devastating economic crisis‚ was that he abolished the old currency and introduced the Rentenmark. This did help to tackle the problem of inflation in the country. Although the effects of introducing this currency were ultimately short term‚ it brought hope to an otherwise hopeless republic. However money
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